Gerhard von Scharnhorst

Gerhard von Scarnhorst (12 November 1755-28 June 1813) was a Prussian general who was killed at the Battle of Lutzen.

Biography
In 1778 Scarnhorst joined the Hanoverian army and transferred to artillery in 1783, and he joined the Prussian army in 1801 after Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia gave him more pay and better rank. He was wounded at Auerstedt in 1806 and was awarded for service at the Battle of Eylau, and reluctantly served under Napoleon in the Russian Campaign of 1812.

At the Battle of Gross-Gorschen in 1813 Scarnhorst was shot in the foot, a wound that was made mortal by his constant walking and fatigue in the retreat to Prague.